, and prince charles arrived, they processed through the lords‘ gallery walking behind the imperial state crowntheir seats on the thrones in the house of lords. and then it was time to despatch black rod to the house of commons to summons mps to hear the speech. as is the tradition, the door to the commons was slammed in his face, showing the independence of the commons. and there was a more recent tradition, a heckle from veteran labour mp dennis skinner. mr speaker, the queen commands this honourable house to attend her majesty immediately in the house of peers. get your skates on! first race is half—past two! and with that mps left the commons — processing out of their chamber — through central lobby and on into the house of lords. normally the prime minister and the leader of the opposition exchange pleasa ntries, but there was little chit chat between theresa may and jeremy corbyn. and when mps had arrived at the bar at the back of the lords, the queen read out the contents of the speech — the 64th time she'd performed the role — beginning with the government's plans for brexit. my governm

robes, and prince charles arrived, they processed through the lords gallery walking behind the imperial state crownats on the thrones in the house of lords. and then it was time to despatch black rod to the house of commons to summons mps to hear the speech. and with that mps left the commons, processing out of their chamber, through central lobby and on into the house of lords. normally, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition exchange pleasa ntries, but there was little chit chat between theresa may and jeremy corbyn. and when mps had arrived at the bar at the back of the lords, the queen read out the contents of the speech — the 64th time she'd performed the role. beginning with the government's plans for brexit. my government's priority is to secure the best possible deal as the country leaves the european union. establishing new national policies on immigration, international sanctions, nuclear safeguards, agriculture, and fisheries. there was no word on grammar schools, but instead... my government will continue to work to ensure that every child has the opportunity to attend a go

state crown -- and she will not crowner imperial state and will wear a heat. -- hat.ne: this is." -- this is "bloomberg surveillance." we're looking at the house of commons, we are expecting the queen to come and speak on her gender. and it is theresa may making the as she publishes what you want to do with grexit. i don't how much detail we will get that we are expecting a lot on brexit. and may be something of a future of the british government. seeing theesting house of commons to the left and the house of lords to the right. ropeshe queen puts on her , there is real pageantry here in history. the remarkable tension between the common sense aborts and -- commone sense lords and between the between at the king. knowo -- francine: you that she cannot go into the house of commons. .t is a rule but theresa may's office has announced a series of bills to show that her government is engaging with the concerned so it is nice to see the house is sitting. >> a beautiful synthesis of deutsche bank -- so much more for deutsche bank. and their clients. it is an island nation a

said the queen travel by car in 1974, and during the ceremony did not wear the imperial state crown.replicated today. there hasn't been state opening like this in nearly half a century. let's quickly get our bearings in the palace of westminster ahead of the queen's arrival. let's explain the geography so that you know what is going on. behind us here on the green the great behind us here on the green the reat soverei n‘s behind us here on the green the great sovereign‘s entrance at the base of the victoria tower, this is where the parliamentary archives is held, dominates the landscape for quite a distance around and alumni about that. as all cavalry will be inside, and they will be lining the royal, and when the queen arrives, she will go into the robing room. the gentlemen at arms they're getting ready for the sovereign‘s arrival. the imperial state crown will have been placed in the robing room directly ahead of us ready for the ceremony to take place. what happens next? the queen will begin the formal procession to leave the robing room and go into this magnificent space, the ro